Chapter 719: Halfway Interception
Peng Dangzhong will appear here, naturally under Peng Hu's order, Peng Hu received the news of the sudden retreat of the Shu army, was very shocked, after verifying the situation, Peng Hu ordered someone to pass on Ma Gelong, although he wanted to meet with Ma Gelong yesterday, but because Ma Gelong was "sick" did not meet, today is a big deal, Peng Hu simply ordered, even if it is to carry Ma Gelong to carry over.
However, when the people sent by Peng Hu arrived at Ma Lanqiang's camp, they found that it was silent, the camp tent was neat, and the banner was clear, but it was empty, and Hu Bing immediately returned to Peng Hu.
Peng Hu couldn't help but be confused, it was reasonable for the Shu army to retreat, but the disappearance of the Malanqiang people made him inexplicable, which one was this Ma Gelong singing at the end?
In fact, I can't complain that Peng Hu is puzzled, the envoys of Shu have been coming and going frequently in the past two days, except for the first day of the peace talks, the last two days of the visit did not mention this matter at all, but gave Peng Hu a very heavy gift, which made Peng Hu very inexplicable, as the king of a clan, Peng Hu is not rare and valuable gifts, but the attitude of the Shu people made him inexplicable, what Liu Yin had in mind, Peng Hu has not figured out.
However, the sudden retreat of the Shu army made Peng Hu suddenly realize that Liu Yin was playing the trick of the golden cicada shelling, on the one hand, he sent people to negotiate peace, but on the other hand, he secretly withdrew the army, and when Lu Shuihu people understood, the Shu army had already fled and could not catch up.
But Ma Gelong, who also disappeared, made Peng Hu puzzled, the retreat of the Shu army was because of the weather and grain and grass, but Ma Gelong should not be troubled in this regard, and the alliance between Lu Shuihu and Ma Lanqiang people did not break, but Ma Gelong was really a person who went to the camp empty.
This made Peng Hu quite annoyed, and Ma Gelong said goodbye, completely treacherous, and Peng Hu immediately sent Peng Dangzhong to lead his troops to chase, to see people in life and corpses in death.
Peng Dangzhong led the light cavalry to set off immediately, taking a shortcut and going straight to the checkpoint on the Jinggu trail, Ma Gelong didn't know the existence of this level, but Peng Dangzhong was very clear, he expected that Ma Gelong would not dare to take the big road when he escaped, he would definitely take the small road, and that checkpoint could block the Ma Lanqiang people.
The situation was critical, and it was naturally impossible for Ma Gelong to be restrained, so he smiled coldly at Peng Dangzhong and said: "General Peng, for the sake of you and I still have some friendship, I won't be embarrassed by you today, you let a road come out, let's go our separate ways, and don't disturb each other." ”
Although Peng Dangzhong brought a lot of men and horses, compared with the entire strength of the Ma Lanqiang people, it was still far behind, and Ma Gelong didn't want to make trouble, and he didn't need force to solve the things that could make sense, but if Peng Dangzhong didn't know each other, Ma Gelong wouldn't mind destroying him.
Peng Dangzhong came by order, naturally it was impossible to let him go, seeing that Ma Gelong actually dared to threaten him, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Leader Ma, I should say this sentence, go back with me to see the king, maybe I can also plead for you in front of the king, let the king continue to blame, if you are obsessed, it seems that I have to take your head to recover my life." ”
Since the words are not speculative, Ma Gelong is not ready to talk nonsense with him anymore, for Ma Gelong, he must deal with Peng Dangzhong as soon as possible in order to have a chance to escape, otherwise if Peng Hu comes with a large army, he will not be able to leave if he wants to.
"Kill!" With a fierce look in his eyes, Magron gave the order to attack in a deep voice.
Ma Gecheng took the lead and led the Malanqiang people to rush forward and fought with Lu Shuihu's soldiers.
Peng Dangzhong's face sank, he didn't expect Ma Gelong to dare to really do it, it seems that the Ma Lanqiang people are antipathetic, he immediately commanded the army to fight with him, and at the same time sent someone to report to Peng Hu.
The defenders of this checkpoint are only two or three thousand people, and Peng Dangzhong brought only more than 10,000 cavalry, several times the Ma Lanqiang soldiers, naturally irresistible, not to mention that the Ma Lanqiang people are like killing red eyes, as soon as they make a move, they are fighting to the death, Peng Dangzhong can't resist the enemy, so he can only retreat to the checkpoint, hoping to resist by risk, and drag it until Peng Hu's reinforcements arrive.
Since it is a checkpoint, the terrain is naturally steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Peng Dangzhong lost a lot of men and horses, and then reluctantly retreated to the checkpoint, relying on the mountain danger, trying his best to resist the attack of the Malanqiang people.
Because he did not have a bad relationship with the Ma Lanqiang people in advance, Peng Dangzhong was ordered to pursue at this moment, and he did not make sufficient preparations, maybe Peng Dangzhong also wanted to ask about the reason for Ma Gelong's sudden departure, in his opinion, there may be any misunderstanding in this, but before he had time to inquire, Ma Gelong suddenly killed him, so that Peng Dangzhong suffered heavy losses, Peng Dangzhong couldn't help hating, and scolded: "Ma Gelong is really a mad dog, when the king brings his troops over, I have to kill him with my own hands!" ”
Ma Gelong saw Peng Dangzhong retreat to the checkpoint, he couldn't help but be very anxious, although Peng Dangzhong had few soldiers, but relying on the dangerous pass, he could completely block the way forward of the Ma Lanqiang people, and it was not easy to destroy this roadblock, and in time, Ma Gelong could no longer afford to delay.
"Big brother, why don't we go another way?" Ma Gecheng attacked, with little success, he knew that if he continued to fight, it would be difficult to break through the defense of the Lu Shuihu people, so he could only go back and persuade Ma Gelong.
Ma Gelong sighed softly, he also knew very well that even if he continued to fight, it would be absolutely difficult to bargain, and if he wanted to take another way, he could only retreat and turn back to take the main road.
The Lu Shuihu people have led troops to intercept on the path, which is equivalent to saying that the whereabouts of the Malanqiang people have been exposed, and there is actually no difference between taking the big road and taking the small road, Ma Gelong just chose the small road in order to hide his whereabouts, and now it seems that this is a complete mistake, if he took the big road at the beginning, at least he would not encounter such a problem as blocking the block, but he didn't know that it was too late to return to the big road now.
Just when the Malanqiang people collectively turned around, there was a sudden killing sound behind them, and a group of people and horses killed them mightily, waving their flags, strong soldiers and horses, and the momentum was violent, blocking the return of the Malanqiang people.
Looking at the flag, it was none other than Peng Hu, the king of Lu Shuihu. After Peng Hu sent Peng Dangzhong to lead the troops to pursue, he was also quite relieved, so he personally brought a large group of men and horses out of the camp to respond, and just walked halfway, he received a report from Peng Dangzhong, saying that Ma Gelong had been intercepted at the checkpoint in the Jinghe Valley, so Peng Hu rushed over with his men and horses. (To be continued.) )